Five amazing stats from Jake Arrieta’s no-hitter

Five amazing stats from Jake Arrieta’s no-hitter

Don’t feel bad, Cincinnati Reds. It’s not like anyone has really solved Jake Arrieta of late. Just as he did some eight months and a mere nine starts ago, Arrieta completed a no-hitter on Thursday night at Great American Ballpark. It was last August 30...
Five amazing stats from Jake Arrieta’s no-hitter

Five amazing stats from Jake Arrieta’s no-hitter

Don’t feel bad, Cincinnati Reds. It’s not like anyone has really solved Jake Arrieta of late. Just as he did some eight months and a mere nine starts ago, Arrieta completed a no-hitter on Thursday night at Great American Ballpark. It was last August 30...
Buying, selling MLB’s hottest players early in season

Buying, selling MLB’s hottest players early in season

No hitter these days hits .450 for the duration of a 162-game season and no pitcher maintains a 0.50 earned run average through September. Still, some of the outstanding individual performances over the first two weeks of 2016 give a glimpse of what’s to come. It’s...
Buying, selling MLB’s hottest players early in season

Buying, selling MLB’s hottest players early in season

No hitter these days hits .450 for the duration of a 162-game season and no pitcher maintains a 0.50 earned run average through September. Still, some of the outstanding individual performances over the first two weeks of 2016 give a glimpse of what’s to come. It’s...
Ten takeaways from MLB’s opening week

Ten takeaways from MLB’s opening week

In addition to the expectations and optimism that comes from the start of the regular season, so does the abundance of gross overreactions. But since this is the only sample size to choose from, it’s still interesting to examine some early trends – as long as you take...